All The Grocer articles in 21 December 2019 – Page 4
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Range Preview
Range preview: Aldi Veganuary 2020
Here’s a look at the discounter’s Veganuary offering, including new additions to the Plant Menu range
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News
Festive online sales surge at Next to beat expectations
Retail bellwether Next has posted solid growth in the festive period, though in-store sales continued to fall as customers shifted to online.
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News
Media Bites 3 Jan: Retail footfall, US vaping, Vegan food to go
Footfall across Britain’s shopping destinations fell over the crucial post-Christmas trading period even as retailers slashed prices to lure customers.
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News
City snapshot: UK high street suffers worst year for a quarter of a century
UK retailers shed more than 140,000 employers and shuttered over 16,000 shops as the industry suffered its worst conditions for 25 years, according to the Centre for Retail Research.
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News
Media Bites 2 Jan: Amazon/Deliveroo, Retail sales, Co-op
Amazon’s UK ambitions have been checked by the competition watchdog after it launched an in-depth investigation into the online retailer’s purchase of a stake in food delivery company Deliveroo.
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Katie Lankston, marketing executive, Radnor Hills
Katie uses marketing to bring customers ‘behind the scenes’ at Radnor Hills
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Comment & Opinion
The 12 most shocking moments in grocery in 2019… and one that didn’t surprise us
With fire, flood, fibs and feuds, 2019 was a turbulent end to the decade for food & drink. Here are 12 moments that shocked us most this year
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Feature Synopsis
Focus On Household: 1 February
There’s an element of Darwinism in the household market. For in this tough, price-driven market, only the fittest will survive.
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Analysis & Features
15 plant-based products launching for Veganuary 2020
Brands are gearing up for the annual campaign with a glut of new vegan launches. Here are 15 that have caught our eye
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Analysis & Features
10 of 2019’s hippest blue food & drink launches
Green was the colour of grocery in 2019, but Pantone has tipped blue to be big next year. Here’s a look back at 10 of 2019’s trendiest blue-coloured launches
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Analysis & Features
11 of the most bizarre food and drink innovations of 2019
Potato smoothies, whisky capsules and langoustine packaging feature among our most unexpected launches of the year
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Analysis & Features
The 19 best PR stunts of ’19 in food and drink… and two that backfired
From half-vegan burgers to helicopter dining, we pick the most memorable PR stunts of 2019
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News
Linda McCartney’s sets sights on Veganuary with major NPD push
The four new SKUs will go on sale in three major retailers from the end of December
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News
Sykes Seafood set to acquire Dutch shrimp specialist Klaas Puul
The British fish processor hopes to complete the deal by February 2020
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Analysis & Features
Brexit bill: what does it mean for food and drink?
Boris Johnson had no problem getting his amended EU withdrawal agreement bill through the Commons last Friday. So what can food and drink expect now?
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News
Off-Piste Wines sells stake to investment firm BGF
The Grocer first revealed Off-Piste had kicked off a hunt for investment in March this year
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News
Saclà recalls branded and own-label pesto over possible peanut contamination
The FSA has urged shoppers to return products, including Waitrose and Aldi own-label lines
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News
Nisa Local store in Wales allows shoppers to pay with bitcoin
The store in Barry has partnered with FastBitcoins
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Comment & Opinion
The Grocer’s Christmas Tinkle: the year in cartoons
As The Grocer team prepares to head home for the festive season, we thought we would send you this Christmas Tinkle
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News
Sainsbury’s predicts ‘biggest-ever digital Christmas’ as online sales peak
The retailer said it expected around three million customers to have shopped with either Sainsbury’s or Argos on smartphones, tablets and in-store handsets over the past three days